INFLUENCER SUPPORT: We expect endorsements and amplification at publication from prominent athletes and sports figures, including Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, guard, New York Jets, Super Bowl LIV champion; Scott Moir, figure Skater and coach, three-time Olympic and World Champion; Damian Warner, decathlete, 2020 Olympic gold medallist; and Kai Correa, coach, San Francisco Giants, MLB.
EXCELLENT PUBLIC SPEAKERS:

André Lachance is a world-renowned speaker, master facilitator, university professor, and baseball coach. Over the years, he has delivered hundreds of conferences and facilitated multiple workshops in 20 countries on a wide range of topics relating to leadership, team management, and group cohesion.
Jean François Ménard is an internationally acclaimed mental performance expert who has trained elite athletes including Mikaël Kingsbury, Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir, as well as Cirque du Soleil performers and business leaders across a variety of corporate sectors. His speaking abilities are unparalleled. He attracts people’s attention with his captivating passion, noticeable authenticity, and easy-to-use successful techniques. JFM is frequently sought after by the media as an expert on mental performance and mental wellness, in sports and in the workplace.

EXPERIENCED COACH: André Lachance is an award-winning professor and internationally acclaimed baseball coach who built Canada’s Women’s National Program. He was the Business and Sport Development Director at Baseball Canada and coach of the Team France women’s baseball team and recently accepted a role with Cirque du Soleil as their Director, Human Performance Services.
OFFERS TANGIBLE AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES:

How to create an inclusive environment
How to assess an athlete’s current state
What and what not to say after wins and losses
How to build support systems among teammates
How to challenge conventional ways of setting goals
When to ask questions and give advice
.…and much more

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS:

André Lachance is the head coach of France’s National Women’s Baseball team, guiding them to a first European Title and a qualification for the World Cup.
Lachance has traveled extensively, giving presentations in France to the Ministry of Sport and the Fédération française des clubs omnisports, in Belgium at Université de Liège, and in Luxembourg he worked with the government to develop coaching curriculum. He has many international contacts.
Jean François Ménard coached athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and personally helped Canada take home six medals.

POPULARITY: Canada has over 2M registered participants in soccer, hockey, basketball, and baseball, with thousands of coaches (professional and volunteer) requiring resources to support their development and that of their players and teams.

Audience

Sports coaches, administrator, anyone involved in sport who is in a leadership role
Baseball fans and fantasy league participants
Sports executives
Olympians and Olympic coaches
Athletes, professional and amateur
Readers of The Comeback Quotient (VeloPress, 2020) and The Performance Cortex (Dutton, 2018)